Page 49 - Allah's Artistry in Colour

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar 47

species can adapt to the colour of another flower, for instance, a yellow one,
when it climbs on it.
While someone is looking at a branch, thinking there is nothing on it, a
butterfly may fly away from it all of a sudden. This butterfly, which looked
exactly like a leaf down to the dry, autumn-withered parts a second ago, is a
perfect example of the miracle of camouflage.
As will be seen in the following pages, the similarity of living creatures
to the objects on which they rest prevents their enemies from noticing them.
It is obvious that these camouflaging creatures have not made themselves,
on their own initiative, look like leaves, branches or flowers. What's more,
they are not even aware that they are protected because of these similarities.
Nevertheless, they employ camouflage very skilfully in all our examples
without exception. An insect having the same colour as a flower, a snake
standing still as a tree's branch, a frog adapting to the colour of wet ground,
in short, all self-camouflaging creatures are evidence proving that camou-
flage is a specially created defence tactic.
No living creature can perform such a task on its own or by coincidence.
Certainly, He Who bestows upon living creatures the ability to camouflage
themselves, and places the chemical processes in them by which they can
carry out this colour change, is Allah, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

Camouflage techniques of reptiles
What does a reptile do to protect itself against its predators in the wild?
One of the easiest ways for these slow-moving creatures is definitely to con-
ceal themselves. The best method of hiding is adaptation of the creature's

In the picture is a
grasshopper imitating
the bark of a tree. The
camouflage employed
by the grasshopper is
so perfect that even
the designs of the
lichens on the tree
are present on it. This
is a perfect creation
of Allah.